Add DigitalOcean Credential

In order to allow Devopness to manage DigitalOcean resources on your behalf, API token has to be provided.

If you don't have access to a DigitalOcean account, you can create an account for free following the cloud provider specific guide DigitalOcean Free Trial Offer

  1. Log in to DigitalOcean Control Panel
  2. In the navigation panel on the left side, click API
  3. Below the title Applications & API, select the Tokens tab
  4. In the Tokens tab, click Generate New Token
  5. The New personal access token form will be displayed
  6. Under Token name, click Enter token name field and type a name for the new token
    • Tip: you might want to name the token as devopness to make it easier to track its activities
  7. Under Expiration, click the Select token expiry field and select one of the expiration options for when this token will become expired
  8. Under Select scopes, ensure the Write option is checked
    • It’s critical that your token has the permission to create droplets, otherwise Devopness will be unable to add new Servers.
  9. Click Generate Token
  10. Copy the value of token
    • It will be the text prefixed with dop_v1_
    • Be sure to record your personal access token. For security purposes, it will not be shown again.
  11. To add the copied credentials to Devopness see Add a Credential

For further details on how to create a DigitalOcean token, please refer to DigitalOcean documentation